(WJAR) \u2014 Gov. Dan McKee issued a statewide drought advisory on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The governor\u2019s office said it was recommended by the state\u2019s Drought Steering Committee after months of precipitation deficits and dry conditions.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile our water supply is designed to withstand some level of drought, Rhode Islanders should be aware of the current conditions,\u201d said Governor McKee. \u201cAs a precaution, I encourage residents and businesses to consider taking water conservation measures.\u201d<\/p>\n
The U.S. Drought Monitor map shows Rhode Island to be in a moderate drought.<\/p>\n
The state suggests residents and businesses conserve water.<\/p>\n
That can be by hand watering flowers, fixing leaks, and using washing machines efficiently.<\/p>\n
The state says conservation measures are not yet necessary.<\/p>\n
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An advisory is the first level, followed by watch, warning, and emergency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(WJAR) \u2014 Gov. Dan McKee issued a statewide drought advisory on Thursday. The governor\u2019s office said it was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-672301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}